Etymology

kalpa

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Today it means: A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas). Full definition →

Sanskrit कल्प
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromकल्प
  2. English todaykalpa

From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, literally “formation”).

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